04 November 2011
A society in crisis

A society in crisis


The discovery of the decomposed body of a female that was found in the Dauphine-Fenton area on Sunday morning near to a freshly dug grave has once aga...
28 October 2011
Linking the 1935 Riots with Independence

Linking the 1935 Riots with Independence


We have, particularly since 1979, been paying very little attention to the riots of October 21 and 22, 1935. The month of October is dedicated to comm...
21 October 2011
Rethinking Independence

Rethinking Independence


Next Thursday, October 27, we celebrate our thirty second anniversary of independence. What do we really have in mind when we put our energy into comm...
14 October 2011
Has the American spring finally arrived?

Has the American spring finally arrived?


A movement described as the ‘Arab Spring’ that has hit the Arab world appears finally to have reached the United States of America. This con...
07 October 2011
Looking back

Looking back


This week has been something of a strange one for me. For a large part of my life, the demands of work had created a particular routine. Everything el...
23 September 2011
An Appreciation of Dame Bernice Lake

An Appreciation of Dame Bernice Lake


The Caribbean has recently lost one of its outstanding legal minds, Dame Bernice Lake, who was born in Anguilla but lived most of her life in Antigua....
16 September 2011
International Year for People of African Descent

International Year for People of African Descent


Following the proclamation by the UN General Assembly of the year 2011 as International Year for People of African Descent, UN Secretary General Ban K...
09 September 2011
Marcus Garvey’s Visit to St.Vincent

Marcus Garvey’s Visit to St.Vincent


Marcus Mosiah Garvey visited St.Vincent twice in October 1937. His movement was then no longer the force it had been following his forced relocation i...
02 September 2011
The Garvey movement in St.Vincent – Some reflections

The Garvey movement in St.Vincent – Some reflections


August 17 was one hundred and twenty four years since the birth of Marcus Mosiah Garvey who was born at St. Ann’s Bay in Jamaica. Garvey created ...
26 August 2011
Reflecting on Developments in Libya

Reflecting on Developments in Libya


This week has been a fascinating one as we stood awe struck by the manner in which the Libyan regime which had been in place for forty two years seeme...